Re: I need advise on what program to use.

Matthieu Villeneuve wrote:

> That is what I had understood. But again, why use two different
> languages? Why not use one that is convenient to use, and that has
> compilers producing high-performance code?

Because there ain't no such thing.

Specifically, dynamic typing and block closures both impose a burden on code
that does not use them. There's only so much static analysis possible before
you have to give up and provide opcodes that assume the worst.

Then, you might get a very long compilation cycle. All when most code needs
little opcode optimization.

Until the compiler writers sort all these problems out (without adding
epicycles), developers can go fast by writing command-and-control code in a
very-high-level language (Ruby, SQL, HTML, etc.), and engine code in C++.

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Phlip
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